Eloise Wellings

Eloise Wellings at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Eloise Wellings (née Poppett) (born 9 November 1982 in White Plains, New York, United States) is an Australian long-distance runner. She represented her country at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2010 edition in New Delhi and the 2014 edition in Glasgow, and the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was the gold medalist over 5000 metres at the 2003 Summer Universiade. She has also competed internationally in cross country running – her best finish to date was 22nd in the long race at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.

She won two consecutive titles at the Zatopek 10,000 metres in 2009, 2010 and 2015.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Australia
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	11th	3000 m
1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	4th	3000 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	1st	5000 m[2]
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	4th	5000 m
	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	3000 m
	World Cup	Athens, Greece	4th	3000 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	New Delhi, India	6th	10,000 m
2014	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, Scotland	5th	5,000 m
2015	World Championships	Beijing, China	10th	5000 m

Personal bests

• 1500 metres - 4:13.63 min (2006)
• 3000 metres - 8:41.78 min (2006)
• 5000 metres - 14:54.11 min (2006)
• 10,000 metres - 31:41.31 min (2011)

References

• Eloise Wellings profile at IAAF

1. Johnson, Len (2010-12-09). Menjo takes Zatopek 10,000m in steamy Melbourne. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-09.
2. Athletics at the 2003 Summer Universiade, official results